Forbidden Ground Page #4

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l should go.

l should go. l'm sorry.

Do you have anyone to stay with you?

lt's not a good idea for you to be alone.

- l'll be fine.

- Oh, Grace, wait!

l could use some company.

[Jennings groans]

[in German]

[Jennings grunts]

[O'Leary] Sir!

[in German]

Let's try this way.

[flare crackles]

Get down.

We need to get into cover.

[O'Leary] Hold tight, sir.

[Jennings grunts]

l think... l'm in trouble.

O'Leary, give me your rifle.

Do you think you can get the other sling?

Yes, sir.

All right. Off you go, boy. Be quick.

[Jennings groans]

Sir?

What time are the big boys gonna light up?

You might be able to fool the boy,

but l've seen that look before.

21:
00.

[Jennings sighs]

We don't have much time.

What did you tell him?

[Wilkins] He's got enough to worry about.

[Jennings] Poor boy.

Poor boy?

You know, l found him face-first in the mud

hiding like a coward.

He'd sooner make a run for it

than to stay here and help you.

Don't be too hard on him, sir.

l don't remember any of us being

particularly brave when we first got here.

Well...

He could have stayed out there,

but he's here with us.

That's got to count for something.

Besides...

...he's just a boy.

[grunts]

[whispers] Here you go, sir.

Good job, O'Leary. Well done.

[coughs]

- You look ridiculous! - l figure

it's better than no helmet at all.

All right.

l have to try to slow this bleeding.

Are you ready?

All right.

[Jennings screams]

Keep it down.

[flare crackles]

[Jennings pants]

[in German]

[they cock guns]

[shouts in German]

[Jennings groans]

Come on! Faster!

[O'Leary groans]

[Wilkins] O'Leary! O'Leary!

[Jennings grunts]

Are you all right, Rich? Yeah?

Come on! Come on!

[Wilkins pants]

[groans]

[breathes heavily]

[c*cks gun]

Well, that's it. lt's all over.

l'm going to get a serious rash

if l stay in these wet trousers.

[laughs]

How's the leg?

l'll live, sir.

lt's just a flesh wound.

Just being able to talk about this without

someone looking down their nose at me is...

...nice.

l've seen what an unwanted child

can do to a family.

My sister.

Father only saw the shame Millie

brought down on the family.

Did you... help her?

No!

She had the baby.

He lives with a nice family in Surrey

last l heard.

Grace...

...l know why you came to see Dr Bennett.

l've seen how these procedures work

and l strongly urge you to reconsider.

So l can suffer the same shame

as your sister?

Sometimes Millie

cries herself to sleep at night,

wondering what he looks like,

what sort of man he'll grow up to be.

- But at least...

- l've made my decision, Eve.

Well...

l'm sorry to hear that.

You've seen these procedures.

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